Villa V Spurs To Be Brought Forward Over Europa Final

Tottenham Hotspur's Premier League crippled astatine Aston Villa is group to beryllium brought guardant 2 days to 16 May to let Spurs other clip to hole for their imaginable quality successful nan Europa League final.

Spurs were scheduled to recreation to Villa Park connected 18 May astatine 14:15 BST but submitted a petition to nan Premier League for nan crippled to beryllium played earlier successful bid for Ange Postecoglou's broadside to person longer to hole should they scope nan Europa League last connected 21 May.

Tottenham are 3-1 up successful their semi-final against Bodo/Glimt and could meet Manchester United, who are 3-0 up successful their necktie pinch Athletic Bilbao, successful nan final. Both 2nd legs will beryllium played connected Thursday.

The alteration of day for Spurs' crippled astatine Villa will stay moreover if Tottenham are knocked retired and do not scope nan last successful Bilbao.

Villa objected to nan petition for nan alteration, citing nary precedent for nan Premier League to move fixtures to thief clubs successful European competition.

It was pointed retired to BBC Sport astatine nan clip that Villa had played each 3 aliases 4 days during April arsenic a consequence of their information successful nan Champions League and FA Cup.

Another logic for nan objection was that it is Villa's last location crippled of nan play and could see a number of pre-organised family activation activities that would not beryllium imaginable if nan crippled was held connected nan evening of a schoolhouse night.

Tottenham primitively asked for nan crippled to beryllium moved to nan evening of 15 May but nan Premier League is group to corroborate it will beryllium nan pursuing evening.

Manchester United are already scheduled to look Chelsea that night, meaning nan 2 imaginable Europa League finalists would person nan aforesaid magnitude of betterment time.